Akai announces the MPK88, MPD18 and MINIAK

The MPK88 is a professional performance keyboard controller with MPC production controls.

The MPK88 draws on the design of the popular MPK49, the first keyboard ever to features MPC pads. This first-of-its-kind keyboard is ideal for performance, starting with a premium, fully weighted, hammer-action keyboard, adding MPC pads, Q-Link controls, and a selection of MPC technologies. The MPK88 is born for the stage and is equally at home in the studio.

If all you need is a set of 16 high-quality MPC pads in a super-compact footprint that will fit into any music production setup, you’ll want to check out the new MPD18. This USB-MIDI controller can work with virtually all software and hardware, and can be had for a song.

MPD18 features

MIDI controller for production and performance.

MPC pads: bank of 16, velocity and pressure-sensitive.

Three selectable pad banks for a total of 48 sounds accessible from the pads.

Two Q-Link assignable controllers: fader and button.

MIDI-over-USB or MIDI operation.

MPC 16-Level and Full Level.

USB powered or powered via optional AC adapter.

The MINIAK is a music production powerhouse, featuring virtual analog and FM synthesis, more than 600 presets, onboard sequencing, a built-in arpeggiator, onboard effects and a 40-band vocoder.

The MINIAK is the first synthesizer from Akai Professional. Developed in partnership with the world-renowned Alesis synthesis team, the MINIAK brings together the control of the Akai Pro MPD, MPK, and APC series with powerful DSP sound-generation technology. The MINIAK is a perfect synth for producers in the studio and live performers on stage because, while it is extremely compact and portable, it’s a serious instrument for creating sounds for both performance and production.

MINIAK features

Eight voices, each with three oscillators.

Up to eight multi-timbral parts with stereo effects and 40-band vocoder.

Two multi-mode filters, three envelope generators, two LFOs, sample and hold, tracking .